'A report of unusual significance regarding the St, Lawrence River has been presented fo the Canadian Gov-fernment by a group of engineers who have been studying water conditions the ship channel for several years, 11s their unanimous recommendation that steps be taken at once improve the channel by dredging, and also to divert more water Into the centre of the river by means of sunken weirs It-cartied out in full the programme would cost in the neighbourhood of And $14,000,000 spread over a term of years, What action the Government will fake on this question is doubtful, There are widely divergent views in Canada: regarding the wisdom and advantages of the St, Lawrence route, The Western provinces a few years ago urged the development of the Hudson Bay route, which has by no mea proved to be a great success, but they still have a feeling that they would like to be independent of the ong rail haut to the- Bast or "West. The Mariiime provinces have seen their shipping decline to a small fraction of what it was in the days of Samuel Cunard, largely because of the growth in importance of the St. Lawrence route, Both these Groups are somewhat inclined to lot the people of Ontario and Quebec trugule along as best they may with the St. Lawrence waterway, and the Government has to steer a middle course 'The King's message served the excellent purpose of bringing him very close to the Canadian people. 'The late King George had become greatly beloved in thousands of homes as he|- gave -hig' Christmas mastages ove the air. King Edward VIII driven "his stake deep in Canada through the purchase of a large ranch In Alberta, and had become familar on his several sojourns in the Dominion, "But, until Coronation Day, King George VI was somewhat of a stranger to Canadians, His stirring message to the Empire changed all that. Now we feel that has come. Into our homes, and become a part of our life; we fect that he is really Interested in us, and that he Is quite ready to set us the excellent example of doing his own job conscientiously and well. Indeed, as we listened to the careful and Measured tones of his voles, with hardly a trace of the slight impediment that has made fluent speech dimeult for him, we felt that he had already set the equally important example of overcoming his dif culties. "And, as he finished his first message to his far-flung people the prayer on the lips of Canadians was "Long may he reign."
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